MAIN ST. BREWING MARKS NINTH ANNIVERSARY WITH TRIPLE BEER RELEASE,
TOURS AND TASTINGS AT ITS MOUNT PLEASANT BREWERY ON JULY 6
Main St. Celebrates Milestone, Vancouver Craft Beer & Music Fest Collaboration,
Adds Three New Additions to its Award-Winning ‘Garage Series’ of Barrel-Aged Beers
Main St. Brewing will mark its ninth anniversary milestone with a marquee event that includes a release of three new ‘Garage Series’ barrel-aged beers, tours of its heritage headquarters in Mount Pleasant and tastings including its Vancouver Craft Beer & Music Fest Cold IPA collaboration brew on Thursday, July 6 at 261 East 7th Ave.
Kicking off at 3 p.m., the ninth anniversary party will feature music by DJ Glyndor, tours of the heritage building led by Vancouver Local Adventures and by-donation beer tastings from 4 to 6 p.m. with all proceeds to benefit the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. The tastings will run the gamut of Main St.’s flagship beers, Tunnerman’s cask ales, Garage Series, and Cold IPA collaboration with Port Coquitlam’s Patina Brewing and Maple Ridge’s Silver Valley Brewing that will be showcased at the Vancouver Craft Beer & Music Fest taking place July 8 at the PNE Fairgrounds.
The event will also herald the arrival of three new limited-edition 500-mL releases in Main St.’s award-winning Garage Series of barrel-aged and wild-fermented beer: a ninth anniversary Brett Pale Ale (5.8% ABV/40 IBU); a Piquette-Style Ale (6.4% ABV/10 IBU) that used pinot noir pomace from Summerland’s Pamplemousse Jus Natural Winery; and a Golden Apricot & Noyaux Sour (7.5% ABV/7 IBU).
The latter entry — which incorporated a large batch of organic apricots and their toasted pits (or noyaux) from Blackbird Organic Farm in Cawston, BC — won a bronze medal in the Spontaneous Fermentation & Mixed Culture Beer category when the 2023 Best of Craft Beer Awards were announced in Bend, OR earlier this spring. It was the only medal claimed by a BC brewery and one of only four earned by Canadian breweries at the annual event.
A limited amount of 1.5-mL Champagne bottles of the Golden Apricot & Noyaux Sour will be available for purchase exclusively at Main St. while supplies last. Beer lovers can get the inside track on future releases and special advance sales by signing on to Main St.’s ‘Brew News’ newsletter list via mainstreetbeer.ca.
Main St.’s Garage Series is the brainchild of Head Brewer Azlan Graves and showcases his passion for experimentation and mixed-fermentation styles of brewing. Two of his first three entries in the series — the 2022 Gale Force Old Ale and Circa 1775 Sumac-Rosewater Saison — earned gold medals for Best Strong Ale & Lager and Best Specialty Wild Ale, respectively, at the 2022 BC Beer Awards.
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ABOUT MAIN ST. BREWING | Tucked into a heritage building and Brewery Creek community that was the heart of the Vancouver brewing scene in the 1800s, Main St. has been producing offbeat, outside-the-box and unconventional beers since it was launched in 2014. Beyond its flagship beer, Main St. has also carved out a name for its award-winning series of Tunnerman’s True Cask Ales and ‘Garage Series’ of barrel-aged and wild-fermented beer and ongoing collaborations with other craft breweries across BC. Much like the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood it calls home, Main St. Brewing embraces tradition while testing boundaries and offers a tasting room, seasonal patio and retail store that tap into the spirit of a vibrant area of Vancouver where creativity, eclectic characters and pride of place collide and connect in new and exciting ways. On Main St., everyone is welcome, and everyone is embraced. Bend an elbow, lend an ear, and raise a glass to good times and great beer. | mainstreetbeer.ca
261 East Seventh Avenue, Vancouver BC V5T 0B8 | 604-336-7711 | Tap room and retail store open seven days a week from noon to 11 p.m. | Happy Hour all-day Mondays, Tuesdays through Fridays from noon to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 7 p.m. to close. Instagram: @mainstreetbeer / Facebook: /MainStreetBeer / Twitter: @MainStBrewing
Media release and images provided by JC Sorensen, Main St. Brewing.
